Much of the academic literature on MHapps in psychology focuses on the clinical efficacy of using apps (e.g., depression reduction as result of using a certain app) and will typically report on the use of randomised controlled trials (or a similar method) to illustrate the use of apps as a tool for improving a psychological condition.
Lewis Goodings is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK. He is interested in the intersections between digital technologies and mental health. His work is dedicated to an applied version of social psychology that focuses on the role of space and place, with an overriding interest on the affective aspects of interaction.Darren Ellis is a Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK. He is interested in emotion and affect studies, everyday experiences of surveillance, social media, and emotional disclosure. He is a social psychologist and practicing psychotherapist.Ian Tucker is a Professor of Health and Social Psychology at the University of East London (UEL) in London, UK. He focuses on mental health, emotion, and affect with a specific focus on how they are shaped through interactions with digital technologies. He has published widely in these areas, including Emotion in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2020).
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1 Introducing Mental Health Apps.- 2 Self-tracking in Mental Health Apps.- 3 Mental Health and Virtual Companions: The example of Replika.- 4 Developing a Smart Ecologies Approach to MHapp Research and Evaluation.- 5 Moving Forward with MHapps.